[UPDATED] Thousands of Piglets Escape Following a Semi Truck Accident in Ohio

Police are asking locals to keep an eye out for loose piglets.

UPDATE: According to the Beavercreek News Current's Facebook page, an anonymous local erected three tiny houses—built of straw, sticks, and bricks—alongside the Ohio highway where hundreds of piglets were set loose on June 9 following a semi truck accident. The local sheriff's office has since removed the Three Little Pigs tribute, because they were a potentially dangerous distraction for drivers, according to WHIO.

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On Monday evening, a tractor trailer carrying more than 2,000 piglets overturned just outside of Xenia, Ohio, according to WCPO.com. Sadly, as many as 1,000 piglets were killed, and many are now on the loose after escaping into the nearby woods. While rescue efforts by local police, firefighters, farmers, and volunteers are underway, the chances of recovering each and every lost pig seem slim.

"They're in the woods, so I don't think we'll ever get all of them—I really, really don't," Xenia Township Fire Chief Dean Fox told WCPO. "We'll try as hard as we can to retrieve all of them, but we probably won't retrieve them all."

The escaped pigs that have been found were reportedly taken to the Greene County Fairgrounds where they received veterinary care and water. While the situation is no doubt tragic, it could be a blessing in disguise for some of the escapees, as the truck was taking them to southeast Indiana, where they would have been raised and then slaughtered.